Marshfield’s Steve Carell is festival darling at Cannes Film Fest

Summer-time local Steve Carell is earning early Oscar buzz for his turn as creepy multi-millionaire John du Pont in director Bennett Miller's wrestling drama "Foxcatcher."

By Dana BarbutoThe Patriot Ledger

Summer-time local Steve Carell is earning early Oscar buzz for his turn as creepy multi-millionaire John du Pont in director Bennett Miller's wrestling drama "Foxcatcher." The film debuted at the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival where it won Miller (“Moneyball”) the best director prize. It opens in Boston Nov. 14. In “Foxcatcher,” Miller spins another sports-tinged tale about the paranoid du Pont who’s obsessed with the Olympic gold-medal wrestlers (Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo). Carell is married to Cohasset native Nancy Walls. He is originally from Acton but spends summers in Marshfield. He owns the Marshfield Hills General Store. Carell was nominated for an Emmy Award six times but never won for his role on "The Office."

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